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A North American Common Currency?

A North American Common Currency?"
William Robson and David Laidler argue that hopes that adopting a monetary system based on the US dollar would improve Canada?s economic performance and elicit US accommodation of Canada's monetary needs are probably misplaced, making the country?s current monetary regime ? a floating exchange rate, inflation targets, and domestic accountability of policymakers ? the most attractive option. "No Small Change: The Awkward Economics and Politics of North American Monetary Integration", is published by the C.D. Howe Institute